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OVERVIEW I FUNDING UNHCR’S PROGRAMMES UNHCR GLOBAL REPORT 2018 37 OVERVIEW I FUNDING UNHCR’S PROGRAMMES 36 UNHCR GLOBAL REPORT 2018 Funding UNHCR’s Programmes PILLAR 1 PILLAR 2 PILLAR 3 PILLAR 4 REGION AND SUB-REGION Refugee programme Stateless programme Reintegration projects IDP projects TOTAL AFRICA West Africa Budget 185,897,364 15,215,267 35,361,808 58,085,682 294,560,121 Expenditure 115,514,055 5,396,835 15,270,128 16,808,233 152,989,251 East and Horn of Africa Budget 1,521,822,200 7,223,970 70,296,295 128,498,318 1,727,840,784 Expenditure 707,883,656 2,716,832 23,795,662 56,310,762 790,706,912 Central Africa and the Great Lakes Budget 462,583,339 1,661,313 34,649,387 109,334,463 608,228,501 Expenditure 225,552,262 689,299 17,886,398 49,895,535 294,023,494 Southern Africa Budget 123,107,310 1,896,865 - - 125,004,175 Expenditure 65,650,191 773,952 - - 66,424,143 SUBTOTAL AFRICA Budget 2,293,410,213 25,997,415 140,307,489 295,918,463 2,755,633,580 Expenditure 1,114,600,165 9,576,918 56,952,188 123,014,530 1,304,143,801 THE AMERICAS North America and the Caribbean Budget 25,814,757 7,965,618 - - 33,780,375 Expenditure 14,595,979 4,709,481 - - 19,305,460 Latin America Budget 149,483,010 1,175,855 - 21,556,495 172,215,360 Expenditure 101,933,850 575,977 - 11,863,357 114,373,184 SUBTOTAL AMERICAS Budget 175,297,767 9,141,473 - 21,556,495 205,995,735 Expenditure 116,529,829 5,285,458 - 11,863,357 133,678,644 ASIA AND THE PACIFIC South-West Asia Budget 203,310,275 599,000 89,226,179 30,656,971 323,792,426 Expenditure 71,341,044 112,947 33,673,935 21,490,463 126,618,390 Central Asia Budget 6,529,889 2,086,110 - - 8,615,999 Expenditure 3,718,094 1,602,031 - - 5,320,124 South Asia Budget 26,855,319 828,049 - - 27,683,367 Expenditure 13,788,502 612,834 - - 14,401,336 South-East Asia Budget 280,225,734 27,801,462 - 18,560,861 326,588,056 Expenditure 190,419,838 12,490,434 - 9,994,773 212,905,045 East Asia and the Pacific Budget 13,533,008 325,133 - - 13,858,141 Expenditure 9,675,581 280,087 - - 9,955,668 SUBTOTAL ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Budget 530,454,224 31,639,753 89,226,179 49,217,832 700,537,989 Expenditure 288,943,060 15,098,333 33,673,935 31,485,235 369,200,563 PILLAR 1 PILLAR 2 PILLAR 3 PILLAR 4 REGION AND SUB-REGION Refugee programme Stateless programme Reintegration projects IDP projects TOTAL EUROPE Eastern Europe Budget 459,999,206 2,299,266 - 29,213,817 491,512,289 Expenditure 139,450,477 1,657,795 - 17,690,539 158,798,810 South-Eastern Europe Budget 39,690,538 5,433,290 - - 45,123,828 Expenditure 22,978,237 3,156,395 - - 26,134,632 Northern, Western, Central and Southern Europe Budget 341,528,404 3,032,800 162,653 - 344,723,858 Expenditure 298,066,043 2,323,538 121,938 - 300,511,519 SUBTOTAL EUROPE Budget 841,218,149 10,765,356 162,653 29,213,817 881,359,975 Expenditure 460,494,757 7,137,727 121,938 17,690,539 485,444,961 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Middle East Budget 1,113,663,700 1,313,445 259,200,000 862,768,826 2,236,945,971 Expenditure 696,660,699 864,277 29,369,636 399,718,905 1,126,613,517 North Africa Budget 234,162,521 - - 10,658,565 244,821,086 Expenditure 118,428,132 - - 10,010,351 128,438,483 SUBTOTAL MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Budget 1,347,826,221 1,313,445 259,200,000 873,427,391 2,481,767,057 Expenditure 815,088,831 864,277 29,369,636 409,729,256 1,255,052,000 SUBTOTAL FIELD Budget 5,188,206,574 78,857,441 488,896,322 1,269,333,999 7,025,294,336 Expenditure 2,795,656,642 37,962,714 120,117,696 593,782,917 3,547,519,969 Global Programmes Budget 465,518,487 - - - 465,518,487 Expenditure 435,569,556 - - - 435,569,556 Headquarters 1 Budget 239,972,187 - - - 239,972,187 Expenditure 235,075,917 - - - 235,075,917 SUBTOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES Budget 5,893,697,248 78,857,441 488,896,322 1,269,333,999 7,730,785,009 Expenditure 3,466,302,114 37,962,714 120,117,696 593,782,917 4,218,165,442 Operational Reserve Budget 464,425,011 - - - 464,425,011 NAM Reserve 2 Budget 13,242,991 - - - 13,242,991 JPO Budget 12,000,000 - - - 12,000,000 Expenditure 8,088,107 - - - 8,088,107 TOTAL Budget 6,383,365,250 78,857,441 488,896,322 1,269,333,999 8,220,453,012 Expenditure 3,474,390,222 37,962,714 120,117,696 593,782,917 4,226,253,549 1 Includes allocations from the UN Regular Budget as follows: $42,997,200 (budget) and $42,954,251 (expenditure). 2 “New or additional activities - mandate-related” (NAM) Reserve. TABLE 1 | BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE | USD 2018 OVERVIEW This chapter presents an overview of UNHCR’s requirements, income and expenditure in 2018. More detailed information can be found on UNHCR’s main operational reporting platform, Global Focus. With the total population of concern to UNHCR growing to 74.8 million people, UNHCR’s global needs-based budget grew 3% during the year compared to 2017. Its growth clearly reflected UNHCR’s response to increasing or worsening crises generating greater needs for more people in more places. UNHCR’s final 2018 budget was $8.220 billion, having increased from $7.508 billion. The increase came from six supplementary budgets totaling $712 million which were added during the year. Total funds available to UNHCR reached $4.710 billion. This was mainly comprised of voluntary contributions of $4.117 billion, the assessed contribution of $43 million from the UN Regular Budget, carry-over of $426.7 million, and $123.5 million as other income and adjustments. Expenditure totaled $4.226 billion and the implementation rate (expenditure over total funds available) was 90%. Taking total funds available over the budget, the funding gap was 43%, or $3.510 billion.

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Funding UNHCR’s Programmes

PILLAR 1 PILLAR 2 PILLAR 3 PILLAR 4

REGION AND SUB-REGIONRefugee

programmeStateless

programmeReintegration

projects IDP

projects TOTAL

AFRICA

West Africa Budget 185,897,364 15,215,267 35,361,808 58,085,682 294,560,121

Expenditure 115,514,055 5,396,835 15,270,128 16,808,233 152,989,251

East and Horn of Africa Budget 1,521,822,200 7,223,970 70,296,295 128,498,318 1,727,840,784

Expenditure 707,883,656 2,716,832 23,795,662 56,310,762 790,706,912

Central Africa and the Great Lakes Budget 462,583,339 1,661,313 34,649,387 109,334,463 608,228,501

Expenditure 225,552,262 689,299 17,886,398 49,895,535 294,023,494

Southern Africa Budget 123,107,310 1,896,865 - - 125,004,175

Expenditure 65,650,191 773,952 - - 66,424,143

SUBTOTAL AFRICA Budget 2,293,410,213 25,997,415 140,307,489 295,918,463 2,755,633,580

Expenditure 1,114,600,165 9,576,918 56,952,188 123,014,530 1,304,143,801

THE AMERICASNorth America and the Caribbean Budget 25,814,757 7,965,618 - - 33,780,375

Expenditure 14,595,979 4,709,481 - - 19,305,460

Latin America Budget 149,483,010 1,175,855 - 21,556,495 172,215,360

Expenditure 101,933,850 575,977 - 11,863,357 114,373,184

SUBTOTAL AMERICAS Budget 175,297,767 9,141,473 - 21,556,495 205,995,735

Expenditure 116,529,829 5,285,458 - 11,863,357 133,678,644

ASIA AND THE PACIFICSouth-West Asia Budget 203,310,275 599,000 89,226,179 30,656,971 323,792,426

Expenditure 71,341,044 112,947 33,673,935 21,490,463 126,618,390

Central Asia Budget 6,529,889 2,086,110 - - 8,615,999

Expenditure 3,718,094 1,602,031 - - 5,320,124

South Asia Budget 26,855,319 828,049 - - 27,683,367

Expenditure 13,788,502 612,834 - - 14,401,336

South-East Asia Budget 280,225,734 27,801,462 - 18,560,861 326,588,056

Expenditure 190,419,838 12,490,434 - 9,994,773 212,905,045

East Asia and the Pacific Budget 13,533,008 325,133 - - 13,858,141

Expenditure 9,675,581 280,087 - - 9,955,668

SUBTOTAL ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Budget 530,454,224 31,639,753 89,226,179 49,217,832 700,537,989

Expenditure 288,943,060 15,098,333 33,673,935 31,485,235 369,200,563

PILLAR 1 PILLAR 2 PILLAR 3 PILLAR 4

REGION AND SUB-REGIONRefugee

programmeStateless

programmeReintegration

projects IDP

projects TOTAL

EUROPEEastern Europe Budget 459,999,206 2,299,266 - 29,213,817 491,512,289

Expenditure 139,450,477 1,657,795 - 17,690,539 158,798,810

South-Eastern Europe Budget 39,690,538 5,433,290 - - 45,123,828

Expenditure 22,978,237 3,156,395 - - 26,134,632

Northern, Western, Central and Southern Europe Budget 341,528,404 3,032,800 162,653 - 344,723,858

Expenditure 298,066,043 2,323,538 121,938 - 300,511,519

SUBTOTAL EUROPE Budget 841,218,149 10,765,356 162,653 29,213,817 881,359,975

Expenditure 460,494,757 7,137,727 121,938 17,690,539 485,444,961

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAMiddle East Budget 1,113,663,700 1,313,445 259,200,000 862,768,826 2,236,945,971

Expenditure 696,660,699 864,277 29,369,636 399,718,905 1,126,613,517

North Africa Budget 234,162,521 - - 10,658,565 244,821,086

Expenditure 118,428,132 - - 10,010,351 128,438,483

SUBTOTAL MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Budget 1,347,826,221 1,313,445 259,200,000 873,427,391 2,481,767,057

Expenditure 815,088,831 864,277 29,369,636 409,729,256 1,255,052,000

SUBTOTAL FIELD Budget 5,188,206,574 78,857,441 488,896,322 1,269,333,999 7,025,294,336

Expenditure 2,795,656,642 37,962,714 120,117,696 593,782,917 3,547,519,969

Global Programmes Budget 465,518,487 - - - 465,518,487

Expenditure 435,569,556 - - - 435,569,556

Headquarters1 Budget 239,972,187 - - - 239,972,187

Expenditure 235,075,917 - - - 235,075,917

SUBTOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES Budget 5,893,697,248 78,857,441 488,896,322 1,269,333,999 7,730,785,009

Expenditure 3,466,302,114 37,962,714 120,117,696 593,782,917 4,218,165,442

Operational Reserve Budget 464,425,011 - - - 464,425,011

NAM Reserve2 Budget 13,242,991 - - - 13,242,991

JPO Budget 12,000,000 - - - 12,000,000

Expenditure 8,088,107 - - - 8,088,107

TOTAL Budget 6,383,365,250 78,857,441 488,896,322 1,269,333,999 8,220,453,012

Expenditure 3,474,390,222 37,962,714 120,117,696 593,782,917 4,226,253,549

1 Includes allocations from the UN Regular Budget as follows: $42,997,200 (budget) and $42,954,251 (expenditure).2 “New or additional activities - mandate-related” (NAM) Reserve.

TABLE 1 | BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE | USD

2018 OVERVIEW

This chapter presents an overview of UNHCR’s

requirements, income and expenditure in 2018. More

detailed information can be found on

UNHCR’s main operational reporting

platform, Global Focus.

With the total population of concern to UNHCR growing

to 74.8 million people, UNHCR’s global needs-based

budget grew 3% during the year compared to 2017.

Its growth clearly reflected UNHCR’s response to

increasing or worsening crises generating greater

needs for more people in more places.

UNHCR’s final 2018 budget was $8.220 billion, having

increased from $7.508 billion. The increase came from

six supplementary budgets totaling $712 million which

were added during the year.

Total funds available to UNHCR reached $4.710 billion.

This was mainly comprised of voluntary contributions

of $4.117 billion, the assessed contribution of $43 million

from the UN Regular Budget, carry-over of $426.7 million,

and $123.5 million as other income and adjustments.

Expenditure totaled $4.226 billion and the

implementation rate (expenditure over total funds

available) was 90%. Taking total funds available over

the budget, the funding gap was 43%, or $3.510 billion.

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CHART 2 | ORIGINAL AND FINAL BUDGETS BY REGION AND PILLAR | 2018

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80% | $5.977 billion

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Original budget$7.508 billion

2018 BUDGET

The Executive Committee, at its 68th session

in October 2017, approved an original global

needs-based budget for 2018 of $7.508 billion.

At its 69th session in October 2018, the

Executive Committee approved a revised

budget of $8.275 billion, incorporating

supplementary budgets of $766.9 million.

The supplementary budget for the South

Sudan situation was subsequently reduced

by $54.9 million, bringing the final

supplementary budget to $712 million and

the annual budget for 2018 to $8.220 billion,

representing an overall budget growth of

3% compared to the final 2017 budget.

Supplementary budgets

With the priorities driving the increase in

UNHCR’s budget coming mostly from the

need to respond to new or worsening crises,

six supplementary appeals, two of which

were revised, were issued. The financial

requirements for these budgets came to 9%

of the programmed activities of $7.730 billion.

Syria situation $259.2 million | 36%

Myanmar situation | $208.2 million | 29%

Central Mediterranean route situation | $96 million | 14%

Democratic Republic of the Congo situation $67.6 million | 10%

Venezuela situation $43 million | 6%

South Sudan situation $38 million | 5%

Total supplementary budgets

$712 million

CHART 1 | SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGETS | 2018

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The final budget of $8.220 billion comprised

programmed activities of $7.730 billion.

Programmed activities are defined as

field, global programmes and Headquarters

activities only, excluding reserves and

the Junior Professional Officer (JPO)

programme. Overall programmed activities

increased by $802 million or 12% from

the original to the final budget. This was

an increase of $291 million, or 4%, when

compared to the final 2017 budget for

programmed activities.

Globally, Pillar 1 (refugee programmes)

was the largest component of the budget

for programmed activities, at $5.894 billion

or 76%. It was also that portion of the budget

that increased the most over the year,

by $118 million, or 2% compared to the final

2017 budget. Major increases under Pillar 1

were in South-East Asia ($130.2 million, or

87%) due to the operation in Bangladesh for

the Myanmar situation, in Eastern Europe

($67 million or 17%) due to operations in

Turkey, and in Latin America ($59.5 million,

or 66%) for the Venezuela and North of

Central America situations.

Regionally, the largest budget was in Africa,

at $2.755 billion or 36% of programmed

activities. Within Africa, $1.727 billion, or

63% of the regional budget, was in the East

and Horn of Africa, reflective of a series of

protracted and overlapping crises. The

budget for the Middle East sub-region was

the largest of all sub-regional budgets at

$2.236 billion or 27% of programmed

activities, a reflection of the continuing

crises within the region.

CHART 3 | SOURCES OF INCOME | 2018

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UN pooled funding and Intergovernmental donors$111.2 million

UN Regular Budget$43.0 million

Governments and the European Union$3.607 billion

Private donors$422.7 million

* Contributions exclude $81 million for implementation in 2019.

In 2018, UNHCR raised a record level of

voluntary contributions of $4.141 billion. The

assessed contribution of the UN Regular

Budget accounted for a further $43 million,

bringing total contributions to $4.184 billion.

The voluntary contributions above included

$81.4 million acknowledged in 2018

for implementation in 2019 and 2020,

and excluded $58.1 million acknowledged

in 2017 for implementation in 2018.

This meant UNHCR had available to it

$4.117 billion in voluntary contributions

against the budgetary needs.

UNHCR’s donor base remained stable, as

did the trends regarding the sources and

type of funding. UNHCR received voluntary

contributions from 142 donors, ranging from

Member States to pooled funds to private

individuals (see Table 3). The main source

of diversity came from the private sector,

where the number of individual donors

increased to 2.1 million from 1.92 million in

2017. UNHCR’s top donors were virtually

unchanged compared to 2017, as was the

percentage of income from the top ten.

CHART 4 | CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE TOP TEN DONORS | 2018

United States of America38% | $1.590 billion

European Union11% | $480 million

Germany | 9% | $395.9 million

Sweden | 3% | $143.3 million

Japan | 3% | $120 million

Norway | 2% | $100.7 million

United Kingdom | 2% | $99.4 million

España con ACNUR | 2% | $93.7 million

Denmark | 2% | $82.1 million

The Netherlands | 2% | $79.5 million

All other donors | 24% | $999 million

The top ten donors provided $3.185 billion,

or 76%, of all voluntary contributions

There were notable aspects to some

donors’ support for UNHCR with, in general,

contributions mostly up from those donors

contributing over $20 million. There were

record contributions from the United States

of America and the European Union.

Contributions increased significantly from

Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab

Emirates, and there was increased support

from Denmark and Sweden. However,

Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the

United Kingdom all decreased.

The timeliness of pledges was similar to that

noted in 2017, with the exception of a

positive increase in early pledges leading

to a higher level of funding by March 2018.

In part, this was due to a record level of

contributions recorded at the pledging

conference for UNHCR in December 2017,

which saw $857 million pledged. By April

2018, the trend was similar to that of 2017

save for the record high level of funds

received by December 2018. With most

2018 INCOME

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CHART 5 | LEVELS OF EARMARKING | 2012 - 2018

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Chart 3 | LEVELS OF EARMARKING | 2014-2018

Unearmarked funding has increased in absolute terms from $451 million in

2012 to $589 million in 2017, but in percentage terms it reduced from

20 percent to 15 per cent between 2012 and 2017

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funding coming in the second half of the

year, this reduced flexibility and imposed

costs and constraints.

Pooled funding rose quite significantly to

$94.1 million, increasing from $38.2 million

in 2017. The Central Emergency Response

Fund contributed $60.1 million, or 64% of

that sum. This remained, however, far below

the record level of contributions received

in 2016, of $146.4 million.

UNHCR recorded $269 million, or 6.4%, in

multiyear funding—defined as contributions

for which the implementation period is over

24 months.

UNHCR also received $36.1 million in in-kind

contributions, including almost $16 million

from private donors. In-kind support included

support for premises, provision of standby

partners, and supply of non-food items.

Flexibility of funding

The year saw the continued decline in the

percentages of flexible funding—

unearmarked or softly earmarked funding—

as a portion of UNHCR’s overall income.

Despite Grand Bargain commitments, the

trend remains towards greater earmarking

from donors, with 67%, or $2.768 billion, of

UNHCR’s income earmarked or tightly

earmarked. Flexible funding—unearmarked

and softly earmarked funding—came to

$1.372 billion, but declined to 33% from 35%

in 2017.

Unearmarked funding, which is contributed

without restrictions on its use, came to

$617.4 million from 81 donors. This was an

increase of nearly 5% on the $588.7 million

received in 2017. Some 56% of UNHCR’s

unearmarked funding was received in the

first quarter of the year, a vital indication of

timeliness and providing the Office with

valuable flexibility.

Softly earmarked funding allowed UNHCR

to use it across a range of countries and

activities in a given region or situation.

UNHCR received $754.6 million in softly

earmarked funding. This was a decline of

nearly 2% from the $768 million received

in 2017.

Sweden16% | 98.2 million

España con ACNUR 13% | $82 million

Netherlands 8% | $47.1 million

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland7% | $45.3 million

Norway7% | $42.5 million

Private donors in the Republic of Korea | 6% | $38.7 million

Japan4% | $26.5 million

Denmark4% | $25.5 million

Private donors in Japan4% | $24.2 million

Private donors in Italy3% | $21.2 million

All other donors27% | $166.1 million

UNHCR received $617.4 million

in unearmarked funding

The top ten donors of unearmarked funding provided

$451.3 million, or 73% of all unearmarked funds

Germany18% | $132.9 million

Sweden | 2% | $18.6 million

UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe | 2% | $17.8 million

Denmark | 2% | $17.6 million

Australia for UNHCR | 2% | $17.3 million

Finland | 1% | $11.3 millionNorway | 1% | $9.3 million

España con ACNUR | 1% | $7.6 million

Japan | 1% | $6.6 million

All other donors6% | $48.3 million

United States of America62% | $467.4 million

UNHCR received $754.6 million in

softly earmarked funding

The top two donors provided

$600.3 million, or 80%

CHART 6 | TOP TEN SOURCES OF FLEXIBLE FUNDS | 2018

More detailed information on donors

providing flexible funding is available

from the Global Focus website.

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CHART 7 | PSP CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONOR NUMBERS | 2012-2018

Private sector income

UNHCR raised $422.7 million from private

donors, with 53% ($225 million) of this

unearmarked. At 10% of voluntary

contributions, the private sector

represented the third largest source of

funding. Around $293 million (69%) was

raised by individuals, and more than

$129 million (31%) from corporations,

foundations and high-net-worth individuals.

The 2018 income represents a 6% growth

compared to 2017. However this was a 4%

shortfall ($17 million) compared to the target,

caused by a variety of reasons such as

challenging political environments which

cultivated populism, xenophobia and

anti-refugee sentiment, as well as an

unstable stock market, which made the

currencies of several countries with UNHCR

supporters volatile compared to the

US dollar. Despite these challenges, private

sector income was in line with the positive

and steady trend recorded over the last

10 years. UNHCR reached close to 2.1 million

donors, with almost 1.3 million committed

giving donors. This was an important step

towards achieving UNHCR’s goal of raising

$1 billion from private partners by 2025.

UNHCR’s global network of private sector

fundraising operations includes offices and

National Partners in around 30 fundraising

markets, with ten countries contributing

85% of UNHCR’s private sector income, a

broadly similar breakdown to the top ten

breakdown of the governmental donors.

The largest contributions from the private

sector came from Europe ($182.7 million),

followed by Asia and the Pacific

($109.7 million), the Americas ($47.8 million),

Middle East and North Africa ($39.6 million),

and Africa ($153,600). Importantly, the cost

ratio has been reduced to 30%, meaning

that for every dollar invested in fundraising,

three dollars are returned to fund UNHCR

operations.

The largest donations from corporations,

foundations and philanthropists were from

Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, and

Qatar Charity. The latter gave the largest

contribution from a single private sector

donor, $26 million, multiplying its 2017

donation six-fold. It also took the lead as a

key contributor to UNHCR’s Zakat initiative,

with a ground-breaking contribution of

$10 million. Through EAA’s Educate A Child

Programme, more than one million refugee

and IDP children have been enrolled in

primary school in 12 countries since 2012.

The fashion retailer UNIQLO’s record

in-kind donation benefitted 14 operations

with 5.3 million pieces of clothing.

UNHCR’s private donors supported several

refugee, natural disaster and internal

displacement emergencies. Significant

private sector donations were received

for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

($21 million), the Venezuela situation

($2.5 million), the Indonesia Sulawesi

earthquake and tsunami ($3 million, which

covered 80% of UNHCR’s requirements

for the emergency response), and the

situations in the North of Central America

($4.6 million), Syrian Arab Republic (Syria,

$34.6 million), and Yemen ($2.3 million).

UNHCR also continued to mobilize donors

through engaging campaigns. Among the

most successful was the Global Shelter

Campaign “Nobody Left Outside”, launched

in May 2016 in over 20 countries, which

raised over $22 million. UNHCR also

expanded its Ramadan campaign beyond

the Middle East and North Africa region,

reaching 11.7 million people and raising

$3.7 million for Rohingya and Syrian refugees.

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España con ACNUR42% | $93 million626,114 individual donors

USA for UNHCR15% | $33.2 million 130,636 individual donors

Japan for UNHCR12% | $25.5 million139,519 individual donors

UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe11% | $25 million183,032 individual donors

Sverige för UNHCR10% | $22.2 million136,486 individual donors

Australia for UNHCR9% | $20.4 million94,917 individual donors

UNHCR’s National Partners raised $219.3 million,

or 52% of all income from the private sector.

National Partners raised $138.3 million in unearmarked

funding, accounting for 61% of all unearmarked funds raised by

the private sector.

CHART 8 | INCOME FROM NATIONAL PARTNERS | 2018

UNHCR’s National Partners

With over 1.3 million committed supporters

worldwide and a network of high profile

advocates at both national and international

level, the National Partners are an integral

and powerful link between UNHCR and the

general public. Committed and passionate,

and with wide and strong areas of

partnership and collaboration, the National

Partners used their strong presence on

social media and a wide range of

sometimes innovative tools to help

influence the general public and the private

sector towards the cause of refugees and

other people of concern.

Australia for UNHCR | The first market

outside the Americas to launch the Children

on the Run campaign, focusing on children

fleeing gang violence in Central America,

with the appeal surpassing its fundraising

target by 60%, raising over $507,000 and

generating substantial media coverage.

Australia for UNHCR also secured a new

corporate partnership with private health

fund Teachers Health, worth nearly

$360,000 over three years, supporting

neonatal and maternal health in the DRC.

A key advocacy initiative was achieved by

signing up to the #KidsOffNauru campaign,

together with 400 other organizations. The

campaign mobilized over 170,000 people

to sign a petition, which was influential in

the Australian Government’s decision to

evacuate all children in offshore detention

from Nauru.

España con ACNUR (Spain) | A milestone

was achieved by recruiting 123,263 new

committed giving donors, achieving a

year-end figure of 501,262 monthly donors.

Dedicated efforts went into strengthening

brand awareness with the campaign

#SoyUnLocoDeACNUR (“I am crazy about

UNHCR”) and the related ACNUR Loco

Festival educational project. The renewal

of the €1 million La Caixa Foundation

partnership, addressing malnutrition in

emergencies, was noteworthy.

Japan for UNHCR | Acquired new individual

donors through direct mail, raising

$819,000 (15% above target) and achieving

the best results with an appeal for Rohingya

refugees. Japan for UNHCR negotiated

a new 10-year $2 million pledge with

Fuji Optical to mark the partnership’s

35th anniversary. In addition, it secured

a three-year legacy of $1.3 million and

developed new legacy assets showing

the benefit for future refugee generations.

Japan for UNHCR co-hosted World Refugee

Day in Tokyo promoting the #WithRefugees

campaign, and the 13th Refugee Film

Festival in three cities. Goodwill

Ambassador MIYAVI and key sponsors

including Baccarat, Canon, Fuji Optical,

Japan Visual Translation Academy, Sony,

Toyota and UNIQLO supported the festival.

Sverige för UNHCR (Sweden) | Marked

World Refugee Day with the launch of the

#HumanFacts campaign reflecting the 2017

Global Trends, and reaching 20% of the

Swedish population on social media. The

Christmas campaign asked the Swedish

public to help keep displaced people warm

during winter and generated high media

engagement. Income from partnerships

surpassed expectations thanks to donations

from the Einar Belvén Foundation, the H&M

Foundation, Lindex, the Swedish Postcode

Lottery, Weekday (a brand under the H&M

Group), and an in-kind donation from Better

Shelter of 200 Refugee Housing Units for

Zambia.

UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe (Germany) | Focused

on acquiring new individual donors and

scaling up face-to-face programmes.

A stronger emphasis was placed on retaining

existing donors, and an event for major

donors (Das wahre Blau, “The True Blue”)

was launched, designed to bring “the field

to the donor”. Additionally, UNO organized

more events, such as the opening of the

Winter Campaign at the Brandenburg Gate

in Berlin and entered into partnerships to

promote the brand.

USA for UNHCR | Existing partner LDS

Charities donated their largest ever annual

contribution of $3.4 million to support

UNHCR emergency programmes, as well

as their first grant to UNHCR’s education

programmes. New business partners were

secured in 2018, including Microsoft with

$1 million to UNHCR’s Connected Education

Programme in Kakuma, Kenya, and Citizens

of Humanity, a clothing brand that donated

$100,000 through the #WeAreAllHumanity

corporate social responsibility campaign.

USA for UNHCR also ran a middle donor

programme, “Impact Partners”, focused on

high value donor profiles, resulting in

$4.3 million from 3,053 individuals, of which

286 were new in 2018.

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2018 EXPENDITURE

Expenditure totaled $4.226 billion with an

implementation rate (expenditure over total

funds available) of 90%.

Expenditure under Pillar 1 (global refugee

programmes) increased by approximately

$76 million or 2% compared to 2017 and

at 82% of total expenditure accounted for

the overwhelming majority of UNHCR

expenditure. Pillar 2 (global stateless

programme) increased by $5 million or

16% compared to 2017 and accounted for

approximately 1% of total expenditure

with the largest stateless operation in

the Myanmar situation. Pillar 3 (global

reintegration projects) increased by

$21 million or 21% and accounted for 3% of

total expenditure. The largest reintegration

projects were in Afghanistan, Somalia,

and Syria. Pillar 4 (global IDP projects)

increased by $40 million or 7% compared

to 2017 and accounted for 14% of total

expenditure. Major IDP projects were in

the Middle East and North Africa in Syria,

Iraq and Yemen, followed by DRC and

South Sudan.

CHART 9 | EXPENDITURE BY REGION AND PILLAR | USD millions

0 200 400 600 800  1,000 1,200  1,400

Africa

Middle East and North Africa

Asia and the Pacific

Europe

Americas

Global Programmes

Headquarters

Pillar 1 Pillar 2 Pillar 3 Pillar 4

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Pillar 1

Pillar 2

Pillar 3

Pillar 4

Africa Middle East and North Africa Asia and the Pacific

Europe Americas Global Programmes

Headquarters

CHART 9 | EXPENDITURE BY REGION AND PILLAR | USD millions

0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400

Africa

Middle East and North Africa

Asia and the Pacific

Europe

Americas

Global Programmes

Headquarters

Pillar 1 Pillar 2 Pillar 3 Pillar 4

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Pillar 1

Pillar 2

Pillar 3

Pillar 4

Africa Middle East and North Africa Asia and the Pacific

Europe Americas Global Programmes

Headquarters

CHART 9 | EXPENDITURE BY REGION AND PILLAR | percent

CHART 10 | EXPENDITURE BY REGION AND PILLAR | USD millions

In Africa the decrease aligned with the

budget decrease of 6% between the two

periods, and was mainly due to reduced

basic needs of people of concern under the

South Sudan situation. There was also a

decrease in expenditure in Somalia, due

primarily to the reduced voluntary returns

of Somali refugees. These decreases were

partly offset by expenditure increases in

Ethiopia and Niger. In Ethiopia, the budget

was increased to address the urgent needs

of more than 800,000 IDPs, whilst in Niger

the increase was due mainly to new IDP

situations and the establishment of transit

centres for people of concern returning

from Libya.

Expenditure in the Middle East and

North Africa saw the largest increases in

Syria and Yemen. In Syria, in particular,

emergency support and access to people

of concern in territories gained by the

Government, and which were beyond

UNHCR’s reach in 2017, was prioritized.

Pillar 3 (reintegration programmes) and

area-based assistance were also prioritized

to prepare for durable solutions within

Syria. These increases were partially offset

by reductions in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.

In Iraq, the drop in expenditure was linked

to the end of some elements of the post-

Mosul response. In Jordan and Lebanon,

winterization had to be reduced to allow

prioritization within Syria.

In Asia and the Pacific, expenditure increased

mainly due to the Myanmar situation.

Decreases took place in the Islamic

Republics of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.

In Afghanistan, the decreases came from

fewer repatriations than planned; in Iran,

where needs especially under health and

shelter went unmet; and in Pakistan where,

because of reductions in the reintegration

programme, health needs went unmet.

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TABLE 2 | UNHCR 2018 TOTAL EXPENDITURE BY SOURCE OF FUNDING | USD thousands

SOURCE OF FUNDING

Carry-over from prior years Voluntary cash contributionsVoluntary

in-kind contributions

Programme support

costs

United Nations Regular Budget

Other income b/

TOTAL Earmarked Unearmarked Earmarked

Softly earmarked

a/Unearmarked

FIELD OPERATIONS

Africa 48,408 79,159 779,360 250,166 34,496 10,162 30,586 - 71,808 1,304,145

Americas 3,411 23,087 49,854 35,005 16,252 289 2,039 - 3,742 133,679

Asia and the Pacific 29,475 25,890 206,152 84,274 18,225 940 2,286 - 1,958 369,200

Europe 20,563 24,967 366,128 52,104 17,576 1,685 2,205 - 217 485,445 Middle East and North Africa 56,799 34,274 1,020,405 115,994 11,218 1,460 1,896 - 13,005 1,255,051

TOTAL FIELD OPERATIONS

158,656 187,377 2,421,899 537,543 97,767 14,536 39,012 - 90,730 3,547,520

Global Programmes 9,294 8,747 44,003 32,267 235,930 12,100 - - 93,229 435,570

Headquarters 270 - 618 - - 9,549 174,019 42,954 7,666 235,076

Operational Reserve and "New or additional activities - mandate- related" (NAM) Reserve

- - - - - - - - - -

Junior Professional Officers Fund - - 8,088 - - - - - - 8,088

TOTAL 168,220 196,124 2,474,608 569,810 333,697 36,185 213,031 42,954 191,625 4,226,254

% 9% 59% 13% 8% 1% 5% 1% 5% 100%

Notes: a/ Includes contributions earmarked at the regional, sub-regional, situation or thematic level.b/ Includes miscellaneous income, prior year adjustments and cancellations and other internal transfers.

In Europe the major decreases were in

Turkey (shift in the strategy with more focus

in supporting public institutions in responding

to the needs of people of concern) and

Bosnia-Herzegovina (consistent with the

planned reduction in needs). The decreases

were nearly offset by an increase in Greece,

due to increases in the number of people

of concern assisted through cash-based

interventions.

Expenditure in the Americas increased by

$47.6 million or 55% mainly due to the

Venezuela situation, and increased activities

in the NCA affecting Costa Rica, Mexico

and Panama.

Global programmes increased by

$69.5 million or 19%. Projects such as the

Refugee Housing Unit, Risk Management

2.0, and improvements in cybersecurity saw

increases. Other notable increases were

due to structural changes, such as the

creation of the Division of Resilience and

Solutions. Importantly, additional resources

were allocated for the prevention of sexual

exploitation and abuse and sexual

harassment. Headquarters expenditure

increased slightly by $3.9 million or 2% and

remained stable at below 6% of overall

expenditure as in 2018.

Table 2 displays how UNHCR used its various

sources of income to cover its expenditure,

and usefully highlights how the unearmarked

funding was allocated. Unearmarked

income was allocated throughout the year,

in line with identified priorities and needs,

and according to the overall objectives

of kickstarting emergency operations;

bolstering underfunded operations; and

enabling programmes to implement fully.

Earmarked voluntary contributions funded

59% of UNHCR operations in 2018, while

softly earmarked and unearmarked

voluntary contributions funded 13% and

8% respectively. At global level, the largest

expenditures funded from earmarked

voluntary contributions were in the Middle

East and North Africa, followed by Africa

and Europe at 41%, 31% and 15% respectively.

No unearmarked funding was used for

Headquarters.

UNHCR earned $213 million in programme

support costs, with $174 million or 82%

spent on Headquarters. The end of year

surplus of $39 million was allocated to the

five regional operations compared to 2017

where the surplus was only used to fund

expenditures in the Africa region.

Expenditure on partners

UNHCR allocated $1.407 billion to

1,077 partners, which included national and

international NGOs, governments, and

UN Agencies. Of that, some $1.194 billion,

or 85%, was provided to NGOs, including

$554.7 million to 666 national NGOs.

UNHCR moved closer to its Grand Bargain

target of providing 25% of its programme

expenditures to local and national responders

by 2020. In terms of allocation patterns,

the most partners and the greatest sums

allocated were in Africa, where 345 partners

were entrusted with $563.7 million, or 40%

of the global total. Operations that saw major

increases in partner budgets in 2018

included Bangladesh, Libya, Niger and

Syria, whilst there were reductions in

Greece, Iraq, Lebanon and at Headquarters.

666 National NGO partners39% | $554.7 million

195 International NGO partners45% | $639.3 million

199 Government partners14% | $197.7 million

17 UN Agencies(including IOM)1% | $15.9 million

$1.407 billionTotal funds entrusted

to 1,077 partners

CHART 11 | UNHCR’s PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD | 2018

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TABLE 3 | TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS | 2018

DONOR GOVERNMENT PRIVATE DONORS INTER-GOVERNMENTAL

BODIES UN FUNDS TOTAL

United States of America 1,589,776,543 38,114,835 1,627,891,378

European Union 480,026,381 480,026,381

Germany 395,879,891 24,993,018 420,872,909

Sweden 143,321,967 22,252,372 165,574,339

Japan 120,024,776 35,330,815 155,355,591 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

99,402,652 4,948,010 104,350,661

Norway 100,688,853 2,793,600 103,482,453

Spain1 9,802,571 93,660,956 103,463,527

Netherlands 79,490,708 16,314,899 95,805,606

Denmark 82,080,067 1,189,562 83,269,629

Canada 72,885,485 8,127,899 81,013,383

Italy 52,092,336 22,825,186 74,917,521

Republic of Korea 25,389,456 44,363,833 69,753,289

Central Emergency Response Fund2 60,100,994 60,100,994

Australia 32,852,147 21,014,942 53,867,089

Qatar 8,587,304 42,263,890 50,851,194

Saudi Arabia 49,988,594 806,448 50,795,043

Switzerland 42,837,379 3,608,668 46,446,046

Kuwait 43,509,490 1,370,833 44,880,323

UN Regular Budget 42,997,200 42,997,200

United Arab Emirates 38,757,689 3,432,586 42,190,275

France 39,415,436 1,495,558 40,910,994

Country-based pooled funds3 25,232,571 25,232,571

Finland 24,083,632 24,083,632

Belgium 23,891,923 1,790 23,893,713

Ireland 15,680,457 5,764 15,686,221

China 1,232,626 10,622,539 11,855,165

Luxembourg 10,881,855 10,881,855

Private donors worldwide 7,837,963 7,837,963

UN Peacebuilding Fund4 6,854,732 6,854,732

New Zealand 5,413,497 5,413,497

Thailand 120,000 5,127,210 5,247,210

Mexico 4,126,785 4,126,785

UNOPS 3,754,796 3,754,796

Austria 3,602,674 17,962 3,620,636

Hungary 3,390,340 3,390,340

Czechia 2,616,586 2,616,586

UNICEF 2,586,956 2,586,956

UNAIDS 2,559,700 2,559,700

Russian Federation 2,000,000 2,000,000

IOM 1,811,782 1,811,782

African Development Bank 1,589,667 1,589,667

Intergovernmental Authority on Development 1,532,577 1,532,577

Poland 1,357,363 1,357,363

Philippines 35,000 1,295,653 1,330,653

Brazil 33,235 1,280,586 1,313,820

UN-Habitat 1,119,687 1,119,687

Lebanon 1,072,173 1,072,173

Malaysia 793,170 793,170

Singapore 60,000 695,480 755,480

Iceland 752,128 752,128

UNDP 679,976 679,976

WFP 627,358 627,358

UN Great Lakes Region Cross-Border Fund5 594,267 594,267

Education Cannot Wait6 548,086 548,086

Monaco 435,038 70,971 506,009

Estonia 505,667 505,667

OPEC Fund for International Development 500,000 500,000

Argentina 482,100 3,385 485,485

Indonesia 60,000 415,104 475,104

Slovakia 363,002 363,002

UN Darfur Fund7 337,050 337,050

Morocco 325,598 325,598

UN Post-Conflict Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Colombia8

311,604 311,604

Liechtenstein 304,569 304,569

Turkey 300,000 33 300,033

Malta 192,145 192,145

Kazakhstan 161,949 10,000 171,949

Romania 163,907 163,907

Serbia 128,333 128,333

UN Women 123,636 123,636

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs 123,131 123,131

Oman 111,713 111,713

UNESCO 108,070 108,070

Bulgaria 107,025 107,025

Greece 102,078 102,078

Nigeria 63,735 38,254 101,989

Algeria 100,000 100,000

Israel 100,000 100,000

Armenia 98,000 98,000

Montenegro 94,593 94,593

Slovenia 81,881 81,881

Kenya 78,660 78,660

Fund to End Violence Against Children9 77,818 77,818

Lithuania 71,270 71,270

Chile 70,000 70,000

UN Trust Fund for Human Security10 69,320 69,320

Portugal 65,506 65,506

Kyrgyzstan 60,256 60,256

Cyprus 45,506 45,506

Egypt 44,920 44,920

Botswana 30,472 30,472

India 7,705 22,599 30,304

Uruguay 30,000 30,000

Angola 30,000 30,000

South Africa 19,481 5,456 24,938

Holy See 20,000 20,000

Latvia 17,341 17,341

Costa Rica 15,413 15,413

Sri Lanka 15,000 15,000

Burkina Faso 14,588 14,588

Croatia 12,479 12,479

Azerbaijan 7,200 7,200

Andorra 6,173 6,173

Ghana 5,400 5,400

Jordan 3,951 3,951

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,000 3,000

Senegal 1,777 1,777

TOTAL* 3,126,529,005 422,713,872 483,648,625 150,618,732 4,183,510,234

1 Includes a total of $4,649,708 in contributions from other public sources channelled through España con ACNUR.2 The Central Emergency Response Fund is a multi-donor funding mechanism. For details, see www.unocha.org/cerf/donors/donorspage. 3 Country-based pooled funds are multi-donor funding mechanisms. For details, see www.unocha.org/ourwork/humanitarian-financing/country-based-pooled-funds-cbpfs. 4 The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund is a multi-donor funding mechanism. For details, see www.unpbf.org. 5 The United Nations Great Lakes Region Cross-Border Fund is a multi-donor funding mechanism. For details, see http://mptf.undp.org. 6 Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is a multi-donor funding mechanism. For details see, www.educationcannotwait.org. 7 The United Nations Darfur Fund is a multi-donor funding mechanism. For details, see http://mptf.undp.org. 8 The United Nations Post-Conflict Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Colombia is a multi-donor funding mechanism. For details, see http://mptf.undp.org. 9 The Fund to End Violence Against Children is a multi-donor funding mechanism. For details, see www.end-violence.org. 10 The United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security is a multi-donor funding mechanism. For details, see https://www.un.org/humansecurity. * Excludes $58,075,884 acknowledged in 2017 for activities with implementation in 2018 and includes $81,433,883 acknowledged in 2018 for activities with implementation in 2019 and beyond.

This table shows all voluntary contributions coming from all sources, including from governments and the private sector in countries supporting UNHCR’s work, and from inter-governmental and pooled funding mechanism. As such, it is a way of reflecting the financial support to UNHCR from the “whole-of-society” approach. A traditional donor ranking is available from the Global Focus website using the QR code opposite.

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TABLE 4 | IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS | 2018

DONOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT

GOVERNMENTS AND UN FUNDSAngola Premises for UNHCR office in Luanda 30,000

Argentina Premises for UNHCR office in Buenos Aires 107,100

Armenia Premises for UNHCR office in Yerevan 98,000

Austria Premises for UNHCR office in Vienna 62,900

Azerbaijan Premises for UNHCR warehouse in Baku 7,200

Botswana Premises for UNHCR office in Gabarone 30,472

Brazil Premises for UNHCR office in Brasilia 33,235

China Premises for UNHCR office in Hong Kong SAR (China) 112,624

Croatia Premises for UNHCR office in Zagreb 12,479

Czechia Premises for UNHCR office in Prague 38,100

Denmark Premises for UNHCR office in Copenhagen 2,598,459

Germany Premises for UNHCR office in Nuremberg 42,451

Hungary Premises for UNHCR office in Budapest: Global Service Centre and Regional Representation for Central Europe

3,328,612

IOM Aquatabs to the UNHCR operation in Bangladesh 59,696

Ireland Deployment of standby experts through Irish Aid 136,000

Italy Premises for UNHCR office in Rome 196,344

Kazakhstan Premises for UNHCR office in Almaty 61,949

Kuwait Premises for UNHCR office in Kuwait City 39,490

Kyrgyzstan Premises for UNHCR office in Bishkek 60,256

Luxembourg Premises for UNHCR office at the University of Luxembourg 10,753

Montenegro Premises for UNHCR office in Podgorica 82,745

Morocco Premises for UNHCR office in Laayoune, Western Sahara 25,598

Nigeria Premises for UNHCR office in Lagos 63,735

Poland Premises for UNHCR office in Warsaw and Refugee Housing Units to UNHCR operations in Uganda and Iraq

984,540

Romania Premises for UNHCR office in Bucharest 103,521

Serbia Premises for UNHCR office in Belgrade 123,333

South Africa Premises for UNHCR office in Pretoria 19,481

Spain Premises for UNHCR office in Madrid 366,783

Sweden Deployment of standby experts by Swedish Rescue Services (MSB) to various UNHCR operations and emergency camp facilities for UNHCR operation in Uganda

1,192,620

Switzerland Deployment of standby experts to various UNHCR operations and premises for UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva due to Switzerland’s host-state policy that provides excellent conditions for international organisations to work effectively 6,334,959

United Arab Emirates Premises for UNHCR warehouse in Dubai provided through the International Humanitarian City and transportation services to the UNHCR operations in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Indonesia 3,120,926

United Kingdom Deployment of standby experts to various UNHCR operations 505,000

UNDP Mosquito nets for the UNHCR operation in Chad 223,905

SUBTOTAL 20,213,265

PRIVATE DONORS AND NGOsBetter Shelter RHU AB Refugee Housing Units for UNHCR operation in Zambia 280,821

Danish Refugee Council Deployment of standby experts to various UNHCR operations 1,012,500

Fast Retailing (UNIQLO) New and used clothing for UNHCR operations in Afghanistan, Angola, Brazil, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, South Sudan, Tajikistan, the United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe 6,243,120

Fuji Optical Co Limited Optical package to UNHCR operation in Azerbaijan 182,484

IKEA Foundation Mattresses for UNHCR operation in Syria 990,976

iMMAP Deployment of standby experts to various UNHCR operations 89,500

International Judo Federation Judo equipment to UNHCR operation in South Africa 40,405

International Table Tennis Federation Table Tennis equipment to UNHCR operation in Jordan 12,394

Microsoft Corporation Computer equipment to UNHCR operation in Kenya 18,188

TABLE 4 | IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS | 2018

DONOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT

Nike EMEA Children's footwear for UNHCR operation in Kenya 131,240

Norwegian Church Aid Tents and Rubb halls to UNHCR operation in Nigeria 76,100

Norwegian Refugee Council Deployment of standby experts to various UNHCR operations 2,717,500

Olympic Broadcasting Services Prefabricated housing to UNHCR operation in Uganda 638,825

PUMA SE Women's clothing for the UNHCR operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,100

RedR Deployment of experts by RedR Australia to various UNHCR operations 597,000

TOMS Shoes LLC Shoes to UNHCR operations in Burkina Faso, the United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda 1,513,170

UltiSat Inc. Satellite equipment to UNHCR Division of Information Systems and Telecommunications 29,531

United Nations Foundation Mosquito nets for UNHCR operations in Africa 393,388

UPS Corporate Transportation services to UNHCR operations in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Uganda 884,577

Vodafone Foundation Classroom equipment to UNHCR operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and in the United Republic of Tanzania 103,326

SUBTOTAL 15,971,144

TOTAL 36,184,409

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Educate A Child (EAC) Programme - Education Above All (EAA) Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

FAST RETAILING (UNIQLO)

IKEA Foundation

International Olympic Committee

Lee Han Shih

Tadashi Yanai

Tahir Foundation

UN Fund for International Partnerships

United Nations Foundation

THE AMERICAS

CANADA

Morneau Shepell

Helen G. Morres

MEXICO

AGRORESERVAS, S.C.

USA / USA FOR UNHCR

Google

Kuwait-America Foundation

Nike

LDS Charities

TOMS Shoes LLC

The UPS Foundation

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA / AUSTRALIA FOR UNHCR

BB & A Miller Foundation

JAPAN / JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR UNHCR

Fuji Optical Co Limited

THAILAND

Mr. Wanchai Tachavejnukul

TABLE 5 | PRIVATE DONORS OVER $100,000 IN SUPPORT OF UNHCR | 2018

EUROPE

DENMARK

Danish Refugee Council

Novo Nordisk Foundation

FRANCE

Fondation BNP Paribas

Fondation CHANEL

GERMANY / UNO-FLŰCHTLINGSHILFE

BASF Stiftung

AmazonSmile

ITALY

Intesa Sanpaolo

NETHERLANDS

Dutch Postcode Lottery

SPAIN / ESPAŇA CON ACNUR

La Caixa Banking Foundation

Fundación Caja Navarra

SWEDEN / SVERIGE FÖR UNHCR

Better Shelter RHU AB

H&M Foundation

Lindex AB

The Einar Belvén Foundation

Swedish Postcode Lottery

SWITZERLAND

Krueger Foundation

UNITED KINGDOM

Asfari Foundation

Said Foundation

The Hands Up Foundation

Vodafone Foundation

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

KUWAIT

Alghanim Industries

Kuwait Finance House

Mabarrat Ghanaem Al Khair (MGAK)

QATAR

Qatar Charity

SAUDI ARABIA

AGFUND-Arab Gulf Programme for Development

International Islamic Relief Organization

Tamer Family Foundation

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Careem Networks

Falcon Trading Group

The Big Heart Foundation

UAE Red Crescent Society

TABLE 6 | TRANSFERS FROM THE 2018 “NEW OR ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES - MANDATE-RELATED” RESERVE | USD

1. "NEW OR ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES - MANDATE-RELATED" RESERVE APPROVED BY EXCOM IN OCTOBER 2018 20,000,000

2. TRANSFERS

Pillar 1 Pillar 2 Pillar 3 Pillar 4 Total

THE AMERICAS

MexicoStrengthening the operation's capacity to support an increase in its planned protection and assistance activities

6,757,009 - - - 6,757,009

SUBTOTAL 6,757,009 - - - 6,757,009

TOTAL TRANSFERS 6,757,009 - - - 6,757,009

3. BALANCE AFTER TRANSFERS 13,242,991

USD

DONOR AMOUNT

Japan 2,282,145

Germany 820,440

Netherlands 801,140

Denmark 726,318

Italy 488,036

Sweden 335,533

China 320,002

Republic of Korea 244,345

TABLE 7 | CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE JUNIOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS SCHEME | 2018

USD

DONOR AMOUNT

France 230,346

Finland 182,330

Switzerland 131,866

Australia 111,830

Austria 91,226

Norway 80,831

Belgium 55,000

TOTAL 6,901,388

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TABLE 8 | TRANSFERS FROM THE OPERATIONAL RESERVE | 2018

1. OPERATIONAL RESERVE APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER 2018 547,679,512

2. TRANSFERS FROM THE OPERATIONAL RESERVE

Pillar 1 Pillar 2 Pillar 3 Pillar 4 Total

AFRICAEritrea Central Mediterranean route situation 845,000 - - - 845,000

Voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees and strengthening of Representation Office in Asmara

435,027 - - - 435,027

Ethiopia RO To support advocacy for all persons of concern 1,957,050 - - - 1,957,050

KenyaResponse to emergency influx of refugees from Ethiopia

5,383,755 - - - 5,383,755

Kenya ROOffices of Regional Refugee Coordinators for South Sudan and Burundi situations

2,817,150 - - - 2,817,150

NigeriaTo address the immediate needs of new asylum-seekers

4,000,000 - - - 4,000,000

RwandaImplementation of durable solutions for Rwandan refugees

- - 3,300,309 - 3,300,309

SUBTOTAL 15,437,982 - 3,300,309 - 18,738,290

THE AMERICASCosta Rica Emergency response to Nicaragua situation 2,976,688 - - - 2,976,688

Panama RO Emergency response to Nicaragua situation 375,490 - - - 375,490

SUBTOTAL 3,352,178 - - - 3,352,178

ASIA AND THE PACIFICPhillipines Response to IDP emergency in the Philippines - - - 1,560,000 1,560,000

SUBTOTAL - - - 1,560,000 1,560,000

EUROPEGreece To increase the capacity of the cash grant programme. 5,687,116 - - - 5,687,116

SUBTOTAL 5,687,116 - - - 5,687,116

GLOBAL PROGRAMMESExecutive Direction and Management

1) Risk Management 2.0 Initiative 1,656,834 - - - 1,656,834

2) Evaluation Service's additional requirements 2,147,396 - - - 2,147,396

3) Large-scale Kenya investigation 778,782 - - - 778,782

4) Innovation project's additional programme support costs

212,949 - - - 212,949

5) Legal Affairs Service additional programme support costs

229,199 - - - 229,199

Division of External Relations Additional programme support costs 436,063 - - - 436,063

Division of International Protection

1) Internal Displacement Transitional Task Team's requirements

747,075 - - - 747,075

2) Special Advisor on statelessness 191,218 - - - 191,218

3) Additional programme support costs 317,869 - - - 317,869

Division of Emergency, Security and Supply

1) MSRP upgrade project 578,520 - - - 578,520

2) Global Fleet Management 1 13,008,153 - - - 13,008,153

3) Deployment of standby experts 3,450,000 - - - 3,450,000

4) Additional UNHCR contribution to joint field security costs

818,620 - - - 818,620

Division of Resilience and Solutions

1) Establishment of the new Division of Resilience and Solutions

5,754,132 - - - 5,754,132

2) DAFI and Education Cannot Wait project 2,216,069 - - - 2,216,069

3) Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) roll out

5,126,226 - - - 5,126,226

4) Education Global Programme 475,000 - - - 475,000

Division of Programme Support and Management

Additional programme support costs 424,813 - - - 424,813

TABLE 8 | TRANSFERS FROM THE OPERATIONAL RESERVE | 2018

1. OPERATIONAL RESERVE APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER 2018 547,679,512

2. TRANSFERS FROM THE OPERATIONAL RESERVE

Division of Information Systems and Telecommunications

Oracle licences and support fees 158,687 - - - 158,687

Division of Human Resources 1) Staff accommodation 283,860 - - - 283,860

2) Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, and Sexual Harassment and Abuse of authority (SEA/SHA)

75,000 - - - 75,000

3) Additional special staff costs 3,333,745 - - - 3,333,745

4) Strengthening the needs of the office 80,000 - - - 80,000

SUBTOTAL 42,500,210 - - - 42,500,210

HEADQUARTERSExecutive Direction and Management

1) Risk Management 2.0 Initiative 698,740 - - - 698,740

2) SEA/SHA 727,530 - - - 727,530

3) Change Management's requirements 2,390,615 - - - 2,390,615

4) Independent Audit and Oversight and Internal Audit's additional requirements

444,212 - - - 444,212

5) Mid-year review 249,000 - - - 249,000

6) Large scale Kenya investigation 73,800 - - - 73,800

Division of External Relations 1) SEA/SHA 150,619 - - - 150,619

2) Strengthening the needs of the office 161,000 161,000

Division of Resilience and Solutions

Strengthening CRRF and private sector partnerships 91,402 - - - 91,402

Division of Human Resources 1) SEA/SHA 148,210 - - - 148,210

2) Strengthening the needs of the office 81,000 81,000

Division of Information Systems and Telecommunications

Cyber security 3,000,000 - - - 3,000,000

Division of Financial and Adminstrative Management

In-kind contribution for rental of premises 1,946,300 - - - 1,946,300

Global Service Center Budapest

Strengthening the needs of the office 938,819 - - - 938,819

Global Service Center Copenhagen

Strengthening the needs of the office 298,459 - - - 298,459

Staff Council Strengthening the needs of the office 17,000 - - - 17,000

SUBTOTAL 11,416,707 - - - 11,416,707

TOTAL TRANSFERS 78,394,192 - 3,300,309 1,560,000 83,254,501

3. BALANCE AFTER TRANSFERS 464,425,011

1 This line consolidates several applications reflecting the Global Fleet Management business cycle.